Brian Sims
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Octave Intelligence named Global Command and Control Company of the Year

OCTAVE INTELLIGENCE plc – the developer of software for the world’s mission-critical facilities and infrastructure – has been named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Command and Control Company of the Year.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents its Company of the Year recognition – the  technology analysis and research firm’s highest honour – to the market participant deemed to exemplify visionary innovation, market-leading performance and unmatched customer care.

The award recognises Octave’s leadership in advancing Command and Control capabilities for organisations operating complex and high-consequence environments. In its announcement of this prestigious recognition, Frost & Sullivan acknowledges: “Octave is fundamentally reshaping how organisations achieve situational awareness, co-ordination and decision-making at scale.”

In essence, Octave’s software helps critical infrastructure operators, transportation networks, public safety agencies and enterprise organisations alike to unify data from across their operations, providing the context needed to detect issues earlier, co-ordinate response more effectively and maintain situational awareness across distributed environments.

Central to this capability is the Octave Coda portfolio, which combines video management, sensor data, incident management, analytics and operational workflows in a single software environment. By connecting information that traditionally resides in separate systems, Coda helps organisations to improve visibility, strengthen co-ordination and support more consistent operations.

Operational paradigm

“Rather than incrementally improving legacy systems,” stated Frost & Sullivan, “Octave has introduced a new operational paradigm: one that converges security, intelligence and workflows into a single and context-aware platform where decisions happen in real-time. This approach has positioned Octave as a clear leader in what is a rapidly evolving global market, delivering measurable improvements in response speed, accuracy and operational efficiency across complex environments.”

Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. Octave excelled in both.

“Octave is not merely integrating security systems,” explained Pranav Sahai, research analyst for the security sector at Frost & Sullivan. “It’s redefining them into a single and context-aware operational layer where decisions are made in real-time, not after the fact.”

Intelligence-driven ecosystem 

Andreas Beerbaum, vice-president of global sales and services at Octave, commented: “Physical security is evolving from a collection of disconnected systems into a unified and intelligence-driven ecosystem. At Octave, we’re helping organisations to bring together video, access control, incident response, spatial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and analytics in order to create greater contextual awareness.”

Beerbaum concluded: “By transforming operational data into actionable intelligence, we’re enabling security teams to make faster and more informed decisions, improve response times and, what’s more, better protect people, assets and critical operations.”

*Download the Frost & Sullivan report

**Explore Octave Coda and other mission-critical solutions by visiting the Octave Intelligence website at www.octave.com

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UNITED KINGDOM

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